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SAMHSA Advisory Committees

SAMHSA Advisory Committees

Council Roster

CHAIRPERSON

A. Kathryn Power
Director  
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD 

DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER

Carol Watkins
Public Health Analyst
Office of Program Analysis and Coordination
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

MEMBERS

Allen S. Daniels, Ed.D  
Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

King Davis, Ph.D  
Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy
University of Texas, School of Social Work
Austin, TX 

Robert M. Friedman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Child and Family Studies
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Laurie R. Garduque, Ph.D.
Research Director
Program on Human and Community Development
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Chicago, IL 

Tricia L. Gurley
Statewide Youth M.O.V.E. Coordinator
Baltimore, MD

Ledro R. Justice, M.D., DLFAPA
Psychiatrist and Consultant       
Van Buren, AR

Spero M. Manson, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Centers for American Indian Alaska Native Health
School of Public Health
Anschutz Medical Center
University of Colorado, Denver
Aurora, CO 

William R. McFarlane, M.D.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Program Office
MMC, Department of Psychiatric Research
Portland, ME

James P. McNulty
Board President
Manic Depressive and Depressive Association of Rhode Island
Pascoag, RI

Diane Narasaki, MNPL
Executive Director
Asian Counseling & Referral Services
Seattle, WA

Anna Patty Duke Pearce
Producer/Consultant
Coeur d’Alene, ID

Patrick A. Risser
Consultant
Ashland, OH  

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.

Pamela S. Hyde, J.D.
Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

William W. Van Stone, M.D. 
Associate Chief Consultant
Mental Health Strategic Healthcare Group (116A)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C.


Last updated: 1/6/2011